Business Turnaround Consultants and Operators Since 2001

Most firms tell you what's broken.We're the ones who actually fix it.

Genius isn’t complexity — it’s clarity. We find the real problems, build the real fix, and execute it ourselves.

We've Been Unf*cking Businesses

Since 2001

For over two decades, we’ve consulted hundreds of businesses across every industry — from capitalized startups to mid-market companies ready to scale. We’ve seen every flavor of broken. Operational chaos. Cash leaks hiding in plain sight. Leadership bottlenecks disguised as people problems. Sales engines built on hope instead of process. We’ve seen what happens when the wrong consultant hands over a deck and disappears. And we’ve spent twenty-plus years being the opposite of that.

Our belief is simple: there is genius in simplicity. The best solutions aren’t the most complex ones — they’re the ones that actually get executed. We take the complicated, messy reality of a stuck business and build clear, specific, executable fixes that your team can own long after we’re gone.

We work across every function — operations, sales and marketing, finance, talent, and strategy. Not because we want to be everything to everyone, but because businesses don’t break in one place. They break everywhere at once. And fixing one thing without fixing the connected things is just moving the problem.

We are operators, not theorists. We’ve sat in the seats your leadership team sits in. We know what it actually takes to move a business — not just describe how it should move. That’s why 98% of the time we hit a home run on the first engagement. Not because we’re lucky. Because we’ve done this long enough to know exactly where to look.

That is why our clients don’t just improve. They dominate.

Meet Your

Business Consulting Team

Ethan Fialkow, JD, MBA

Principal Strategist & Founder

Ethan sees the entire board — legal, business, brand, and strategy — simultaneously. With a Doctorate of Jurisprudence, an MBA, and over two decades guiding businesses through their hardest problems, he doesn’t just build strategies. He builds bulletproof business systems designed to win and built to last.

He has guided businesses across industries, turned underdogs into market leaders, and spent his career proving that the right strategy — executed properly — changes everything. His legal background means he approaches every engagement with one eye on opportunity and one eye on risk. His clients don’t just grow. They dominate.

L. Burke Files

Principal Strategist

Every business has risks and hidden opportunities that most consultants and operators never find. Burke finds them. With over four decades of global experience across 100+ countries in business consulting, due diligence, financial investigations, and risk management, he identifies what others miss — and turns it into a competitive advantage.

A published author of multiple books, international speaker, and recipient of a Presidential Commission and Medal of Merit, Burke brings a depth of intelligence and global perspective that most firms can’t come close to matching. He makes your business future-proof.

Kie Ino

Creative Director

Every business we fix needs to look like it’s worth trusting. Kie makes sure it does. From brand identity to digital experience, she transforms what a business looks like on the outside to match what it’s becoming on the inside — building visual systems that are beautiful, memorable, and designed to drive action.

Shaped by Los Angeles and Tokyo, her work bridges cultures, connects emotionally, and turns brands into experiences people remember.

Daniel Rigmaiden

AI & Systems Strategist

Data is the new currency — and Daniel has been fluent in it for over two decades. Long before AI became a boardroom buzzword, Daniel was building systems that make complex data simple, actionable, and competitive. He translates the world of AI and machine learning into real business advantages your team can actually use.

He doesn’t just implement technology. He makes the complex feel inevitable.